8539 tons of general cargo, including silver bullion, pig iron and rubber

History

Notes on event

At 23.07 hours on 5 March 1942 the unescorted Benmohr (Master David Boag Anderson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-505 about 210 miles south-southwest of Freetown. The master, 51 crew members and four gunners were rescued by a British Sunderland flying boat (Sqdn. 95) and landed at Freetown.